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from Peter Hughes (leonine@redshift.com)
I don't know of any such web page. But, basically, almost any film will give you good results if you use it properly. My favorites nowadays are the Ilford films, especially Pan-F and Delta 100 and 400, developed in PMK--but I have gotten exquisite results from many different films and developers. Some people like the Kodak T-Max films, but I find them (a) problematical to develop, (b) difficult to fix and (c) highly prone to scratching (when developing sheets in a tray). If in doubt, good old Kodak Tri-X is a great film, tried and true, very malleable, durable, and easy to work with. My advice would be to stick with one film (or series of films), one developer and one paper. (I presume you plan on processing and printing yourself, which, in my opinion, is really the only way to get good results with black & white.)

http://www.ravenvision.com/rvapeter.htm

(posted 9112 days ago)

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